The efficacy of paxlovid in elderly patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants: Results of a non-randomized clinical trial
Weijie Zhong, Xiufeng Jiang, Xiaosheng Yang, Tiantong Feng, Zhixin Duan, Wei Wang, Zhaoliang Sun, Lingyan Chen, Xin Nie, Chuanlong Zhu, Wenchuan Zhang, Yi Li
Frontiers in Medicine, doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.980002
The efficacy of Paxlovid in elderly patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants: Results of a non-randomized clinical trial.
Ethics statement The studies involving human participants were reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (No. SH9H-2022-T112-2). Moreover, it was registered at the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR2200060700). The patients/participants provided their written informed consent to participate in this study.
Author contributions WJZ, XJ, XY, ZD, WW, ZS, WCZ, LC, and YL collected the epidemiological and clinical data. WCZ and YL were responsible for enrollment, clinical monitoring, funding, study conception and design, and revising and submitting the final manuscript. XY, ZD, XJ, and YL were responsible for the distribution and storage of medicines. WJZ, TF, XN, LC, CZ, YL, and WCZ were responsible for statistical data. WJZ, XJ, XY, TF, CZ, and YL drafted the manuscript. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.
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